VH-FND. Fokker F.27-2013. c/n 10144.


First flown as PH-FBI - January 6, 1960

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-FND - February 12, 1960

Delivered new to Airlines of New South Wales at Melbourne - February 20, 1960

Arrived in full Ansett-A.N.A. colors and was repainted

Flew its first Airlines of N.S.W. service - February 1960

Withdrawn from Ansett Airlines of N.S.W. service - February 5, 1976

Ferried to Melbourne for storage

Transferred to Ansett Airlines of Australia - but not put into service - November 3, 1976

Sold to Commercial Airways Pty Ltd - Comair - November 28, 1976

Delivered to Comair - as ZS-JVA in Melbourne - December 14, 1976

Departed Melbourne on delivery flight - December 16, 1976

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - December 23, 1976

Leased to Royal Swazi Air - 1981

Scrapped at Johannesburg - September 1996


VH-FND. Airlines of N.S.W. - in the original livery without radar at Sydney Airport, February 1961.

(Image 1999-255. B. Dannecker Collection)

VH-FND. Airlines of N.S.W. - in the revised livery at Sydney Airport, May 1965.

(Image 1999-373. R. N. Smith Photograph)

VH-FND. Airlines of N.S.W. - in the revised livery at Sydney Airport, January 1966.

(Image 1999-385. G. Wilkes Photograph)

VH-FND. Airlines of N.S.W. - in the revised livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, March 1966.

(Image 1999-293. John Hopton Photograph)

VH-FND. Airlines of N.S.W. - in the final livery at Sydney Airport, February 1967.

(Image 1999-237. B. Dannecker Collection)

VH-FND. Airlines of N.S.W. - in the final livery at Sydney Airport, April 1967.

(Image 1999-238. B. Dannecker Collection)

VH-FND. Airlines of N.S.W. - in the final livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, September 1969.

(Image 1999-840. R. N. Smith Photograph)

VH-FND. Airlines of N.S.W. - in the final livery at Canberra Airport, January 1972.

(Image 1999-605. E. D. Daw Photograph)

VH-FND. Ansett Airlines of New South Wales - in the 'delta' livery at Melbourne Airport, March 1976.

(Image 1999-294. R. N. Smith Photograph)

VH-FND. Comair - in the original livery at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport, November 1976.

(Image 1999-365. P. J. Gates Collection)

VH-FND. Comair - in the original livery at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport, November 1976.

(Image 1999-145. P. J. Gates Collection)

ZS-JVA. Comair - in the original livery at Johannesburg Airport, February 1977.

(Image 1999-841. R. N. Smith Collection)

ZS-JVA. Comair - in the new livery at Johannesburg Airport, December 1986.

(Image 1999-842. R. N. Smith Collection)

ZS-JVA. Comair Air Lesotho - in Comair livery at Johannesburg Airport.

(Image 1999-793. P. J. Gates Collection)

ZS-JVA. Comair Air Lesotho - in Comair livery at Johannesburg Airport.

(Image 1999-808. R. N. Smith Collection)

ZS-JVA. Comair Royal Swazi - in Comair livery at Johannesburg Airport, June 1981.

(Image 1999-807. R. N. Smith Collection)

ZS-JVA. Comair - in the final livery at Johannesburg Airport, August 1996.

(Image 1999-843. R. N. Smith Collection)